CPU branch predictors

What experts have said about CPU branch predictors

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1. Reiner PopePositiveMay 22, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

   Branch predictors forecast branches early so CPUs can continue executing before branch resolution.

   “the purpose of the branch predictor is genuinely to predict based on before you even get to this destruction, to be like five cycles earlier to predict there was going to be a branch that's going to happen”

   Listen at 1:11:49

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